Machine for c h i nc h i lla-fi n is h i n g cloth



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G. H. BAUSH.

MACHINE FOR GHINOHILLA FINISHING CLOTH.

Patented Sept. 2, 1884.

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MAGHINE FOR GHINGHILLA FINISHING CLOTH.

Patented Sept. 2, 1884.

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0. H. BAUSH.

MACHINE FOR GHINCHILLA FINISHING CLOTH. No. 304.402.

Patented Sept. 2, 1884..

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Mire rares- CHRISTIAN H. BAUSH, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR C'HlNCHlLLA-FINISHING CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,402, dated September 2, 1884.

Application filcd September 10, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN H. BAUSH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holyoke, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Chinchilla Finishing Cloth, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for chinchilla-finishing cloth, the object being to provide improved means for imparting to the napping-bar thereof the various motions required for producing different styles of napfinish on the cloth.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of a napping-machine embodying my improvements. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged detail views.

The machine herein illustrated consists of a frame, A, in which are mounted the usual clothcarrying rollers, a, the cloth-table 7), over which the cloth D is drawn by said rollers, and the driving-shaft B, with which said rollers are connected in any suitable manner common to this class of machines, the same forming no part of the presentinvention.

The above-named parts of the machine, together with the napping-bar w, are elements which belong ordinarily to machines of this class; and my improvements consist in mechanism, as'hereinafter described, for actuating the napping-bar to give the desired chinchillafinish to the cloth. The said bar-actuating mechanism is the same at each end of the machine, and acts in conjunction upon the bar; and in the description thereof relative to its construction and adjustment for practical operation it will be understood that correspond ing parts on the machine are adjusted alike.

The bar w is supported in a horizontal position over table I) by two yoke-framesone at each end-each of which consists of two posts, 0 0, on which nuts 0 are fitted, and two straps, 0 0 The bar 10 lies upon the lower of said straps, and the upper ones are adjusted to bear properly upon the upper surface of the barconnections, whereby the bar is made to retain such position relative to the surface of the cloth as it may be adjusted to. Said adjustment is effected by operating said nuts 0 to 1 lower or raise the bar and to bring the face of the rubber or other material, 12, which is usually stretched across the under face of the bar, into proper proximity to the surface of the clotlrD. The bar w is so supported in said yoke-frames that it is free to be movedin the direction of its length and laterally, and it is connected with the driving-shaft B by means of the belowdescribed devices.

A vertical shaft, 0, is connected by gears, as shown, with shaft B, and carries on its up per end a head, 0, having in its end an in verted T-shaped transverse slot. A crankpost, d, having a head, 8, thereon, and a nut, e, is adj ustably secured to head 0 of the shaft 0 in the manner shown in Fig. 4, whereby post (I may be set so that its axial line and that of shaft 0 correspond; or post (I may be set off to one side of the center of shaft 0, to act like a crank when the latter rotates.

Each end of bar w has bolted to it a circular guide plate case, m, which occupies a position centrally between the straps 0", and in said case is fitted a rotatable guide-plate, 00, having a groove, t, in it, and provided with marks and letters around its border. A guide-key, z, is fitted into groove t, and is secured to strap 0 by a bolt passing up through the latter, on which is a thumb-screw, z. The key .2? is adapted to be turnedwith plate so, and then to be fastened by the thumb-screw. A mark, 0, on the face of the casem indicates the point to which the lettered marks on the plate as are turned to bring the groove t to different degrees ofincline to a 1 inc drawn through the center of bar to from end to end. A series of countersunk holes is formed in the periphery of plate 00, into which the tapered end of a set-screw, x, is forced to secure the plate firmly in any position to which it is turned.

, A crank-box case, J, is firmly bolted to the above-mentioned guide-plate case m, and has fitted into it a rotatable box-plate, h, which has a flange extending over the border of case f, and is provided with a slot through it, in which is fitted a crank-post box, 9, through which passes the postd. A plate, 8, on the upper side of plate h, and a plate, 4., on the lower side thereof, keep box 9 in position in said slot. The plate h has two bolts, 2' 6, passing through its flange into holes in case f to angles to'the groove t.

secure the plate in any position to which it may be turned, and two set-bolts, n n, are placed in opposite sides of case f, to be turned against the ends of box y, when its slot is turned into line with said bolts, and when it is desired that the box shall be rigidly secured in its slot. A gage-mark corresponding to mark 0 on case an is provided on casef, so.

that when plate a, for instance, is turned to brin g its index-letter O to the gage-mark, plate h is likewise turned to bring its index-letter G to the mark on case f,- and the letter-marks on the plates as and h are so arranged that when the plates are adjusted, as aforesaid, the line of movement of the box 9 in its slot will be at right angles to the groove in the plate w. In order to produce the varieties of chinchi1la-finish on cloths which are desirable, the bar 10 is adjusted to come near the cloth, so that its rubber-face 1; will slightly rub on its napped surface while the cloth is drawn under it, and different motions are given to the bar for that purpose, as follows: To give the bar w a diagonal movement, the plate :0 is turned to a position similar to that shown in Fig. 3, and there secured by screw m and the guide-key z is correspondingly secured. The plate h in case f is then turned to bring its box-slot at right angles to groove t, and there secured by bolts and the crank-post d is set off a proper distance from the center of shaft 0. The machine being then set in motion, the bar 20 will be given a reciprocating movementin the direction of the groove t, and diagonally to the line of movement of the cloth D.

To change the movement of the bar 10 to one transverse to the movement of the cloth, the guide-plate w and key 2" are turned, so that groove t is in a line with bar 20, and plate h is turned to bring its box-slot at right angles to the groove 15, and post d is left as at To give the bar lateral reciprocating movements, the plate 00 is turned to bring the groove t in a line across the bar, and plate h is turned to bring the box-slot therein at right The bar 10 is given a motion subject solely to that of the crankposts (1, by removing the key-guides 2 turning plate h to bring the box-slot in line with the bolts a a, and screwing the latter against the ends of the box 9, to bring the latter to a central and fixed position in'the plate 71, the latter being then secured by bolts 7 i, as before. The above-described adjustments of bar w are some of which it is capable, the mechanism which actuates it being adapted to the production of a great variety of chinchilla effects.

of a chinchilla-machine and a supporting yoke-frame, substantially as described, of a circular box-case secured to the end of a bar, a rotatable slotted box-plate to fit said case, a crank post box to fit said slotted plate, a

shaft, a crank-post passing through said box and adj ustably secured on the end of said shaft,

and means, substantially as described, for securing said plate at different positions in said frame, and means for revolving said shaft, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the napping-bar of a chinchillamachine and a supporting yoke-frame, substantially as described, of a guide-key supported in said frame, a rotatable guide-plate having a groove therein to receive said key, a guideplate frame to receive said guide-plate, a circular box-case secured to the end of the bar, a rotatable slotted boxplate to fit said case, a crank-post box to fit said box-plate, a shaft, a crank-post passing through said box and adjustably secured on the end of said shaft, and of means, substantially as described, for securing said guideplate and said box-plate at different positions in their frame and case, respectively, and for revolving said shaft.

4. The combination, with the bar w, the shaft 0, and the post d, adjustably secured to the latter, of the case f, slotted plate h, and box 9, and means, substantially as described, for securing plate h in different positions in its case, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the bar w and its yoke-frame, of the frame on, the grooved plate :0, the key 2 the case f, slotted plate h, the box 9, shaft 0, the post (I, adjustably secured to the latter, and means, substantially as described, for securing plates 00 and h in frame m and casef,'and means for revolving the shaft, substantially as set forth.

CHRISTIAN Hp BAUSH.

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H. A. CHAPIN, \V. F. Bron. 

